Title | Acronym | Contact Person | Center | Aircraft | Type | Measurements | Measurement Range | Measurement Instrument Pointing | Measurement Frequency | Measurement Swath Width | Measurement Horizontal Resolution | Measurement Vertical Resolution | Measurement Wavelengths | Measurement Notes |
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Advanced Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System | AVAPS | Gary Wick (PI) | NOAA ESRL | Global Hawk - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC | Dropsonde | Pressure, Temperature, Humidity, Wind | Vertical profile
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Balloonsondes (NOAA) | Balloonsondes (NOAA) | Dale Hurst (PI) | NOAA ESRL | Balloon | H2O, O3, Temperature, Pressure | In situ
| 0.1 Hz
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Cloud Aerosol and Precipitation Spectrometer | CAPS | Andrew Heymsfield (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, P-3 Orion - WFF, ER-2 - AFRC | Particle imager, Spectrometer (in situ) | Aerosol, Particle size distribution, Temperature, Pressure, Cloud Liquid Water Content | In situ
| 1 Hz
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NOAA Pressure and Temperature | NOAA PT | Tom Thompson (PI) | NOAA ESRL | WB-57 - JSC | Temperature, Pressure | In situ
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Ozonesondes (NOAA) | Ozonesondes (NOAA) | Dale Hurst (PI) | NOAA ESRL | Balloon | O3, Temperature, Pressure | In situ
| 0.1 Hz
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Turbulent Air Motion Measurement System | TAMMS | Lee Thornhill (PI) | NASA LaRC | P-3 Orion - WFF | Navigation recorder | Aircraft position, Temperature, Pressure, H2O | In situ
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Water-Based Condensation Nucleus Counter | WCN | David Rogers (PI) | NCAR | Gulfstream V - NSF | CN counter | CCN, Temperature, Pressure | In situ
| 0.01-3 µm | aerosols |